Shloka 12
Viśveśvara-māhātmya and the Nirguṇa–Saguṇa Emergence of Śiva (Śakti–Puruṣa/Prakṛti Discourse)
श्रमेण जलधारश्च विविधाश्चाभवंस्तदा । ताभिर्व्याप्तं च तच्छून्यं नान्यत्किंचिददृश्यत
śrameṇa jaladhāraśca vividhāścābhavaṃstadā | tābhirvyāptaṃ ca tacchūnyaṃ nānyatkiṃcidadṛśyata
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Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha
Sthala Purana: In the Kāśī-kṣetra origin-cycle, primordial waters/floods pervade the void; the kṣetra later becomes stabilized as Śiva’s eternal abode, with Maṇikarṇikā and the Pañcakrośī circuit emerging as defining tīrthas around Viśveśvara.
Significance: Darśana and residence in Kāśī are framed as exceptionally liberating; the kṣetra is portrayed as Śiva-protected even amid cosmic inundation, preparing the ground for the doctrine of Śiva’s saving grace in Kāśī.
Cosmic Event: pralaya-like inundation / primordial waters filling the void
FAQs
It depicts how, after intense effort, a seemingly empty state becomes wholly pervaded by a single overwhelming current—suggesting that when the soul turns toward Shiva, the “void” of worldly supports is filled by a greater, all-pervading power (Pati) that eclipses everything else.
In Jyotirlinga-oriented narration, overwhelming natural signs (like surging waters) function as markers of Shiva’s manifest presence (Saguna), where the sacred field becomes so saturated with Shiva’s śakti that ordinary perception finds “nothing else” to hold onto.
A practical takeaway is sustained japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with steady breath and focused attention—persisting through mental “exertion” until the mind’s emptiness is filled by one uninterrupted flow of Shiva-remembrance.